March 21, 2012
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By Miquel Jacobs
Assistant Media Relations Director
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Southeastern Conference has expanded the women’s soccer league slate to 13 games with the additions of Missouri (Eastern Division) and Texas A&M (Western Division) with Wednesday’s announcement of the 2012 conference schedule.
South Carolina won the final 12-team SEC Championship last season with a 9-2-0 conference record and will look to earn their second consecutive divisional and overall title with a slate that includes seven home matches and six road matches from September 14 to October 25.
Visiting Stone Stadium in 2012 will be the impressive slate of Mississippi State (9/14), Missouri (9/16), Tennessee (10/5), Georgia (10/6), LSU (10/12), Ole Miss (10/14) and Florida (10/25) in the first season that does away with tradition travel partners. LSU, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia finished two through five in the final 2011 SEC standings and highlight the backend of South Carolina’s schedule with the budding rivalry between the Gators and Gamecocks set as the regular season finale on Thursday, October 25 at The Graveyard.
The Gamecocks will travel to Texas A&M (9/21), Arkansas (9/23), Auburn (9/28), Vanderbilt (9/30), Kentucky (10/19) and Alabama (10/21) for a road schedule heavy with four western division teams. The first SEC road trip of the season will be to newcomer and perennial power Texas A&M, the 2011 Big 12 conference tournament championship team that has finished in the top two in the NCAA in average home attendance every season since 2003.
The complete South Carolina schedule and game times will be released at a later date.
2012 SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, September 14 – vs. Mississippi State
Sunday, September 16 – vs. Missouri
Friday, September 21 – at Texas A&M
Sunday, September 23 – at Arkansas
Friday, September 28 – at Auburn
Sunday, September 30 – at Vanderbilt
Friday, October 5 – vs. Tennessee
Sunday, October 7 – vs. Georgia
Friday, October 12 – vs. LSU
Sunday, October 14 – vs. Ole Miss
Friday, October 19 – at Kentucky
Sunday, October 21 – at Alabama
Thursday, October 25 – vs. Florida
